South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
‘God is calling His representatives, the Body of Christ to the capital to gather at Loftus on October 12th, 2024,” says Christian musician Joe Niemand. The purpose of the gathering is “to appear before the King of Kings and to return our nation to Him” at a time and place […]
South Africa was among the nations of the world that held events on Monday to commemorate the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre in Israel, where Hamas invaders killed 1 200 Israelis and took about 250 hostages. Christian and Jewish leaders from around South Africa marked the anniversary by […]
“Come out of your tents”, “Come out of your comfort zone”, “Take your seat at the table.” Speaker after speaker at a national Time2Rise gathering at the weekend called for a “remnant” from the Church to rise up and take a bold and forceful stand for God’s agenda for South […]
A bridge-building pastor-politician met up at the weekend with a businessman-turned Kingdom pioneer who introduced him to politics in 2004. Pastor John Mathuhle, 43, the president of #Hope4SA, and Hennie Muller, 69, the owner and developer of Camp Unity near Bloemfontein, met at a national Time2Rise gathering at Camp Unity […]
Ready, Set, Revival… says a headline on Kimberley’s Jesus Week Invasion website. I encountered that level of excitement and expectancy for what Jesus is going to do in the city next month when I spoke to Jan van Reenen senior pastor of City of Hope Church and coordinator of the […]
In this podcast, Ryan van Rensburg shares with Ethan Black how Jesus helped him heal from ‘father wounds’ he developed while growing up with an aggressive father whose approval he could never attain. He urges people who are living with such wounds to deal with them and not to carry […]
South African Bible-reading marathon pioneer Illona de Wit is looking forward to co-hosting her eighth Bible-reading marathon in seven years — at Spirit Reign Ministries, Kariega (Uitenhage) from October 23 to 26. She is also encouraged that five churches around the country are holding Bible-reading marathons this year and is […]
Originally published in JNS A group of three dozen African parliamentarians on Wednesday affirmed Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital and pledged to enhance diplomatic, economic and security cooperation with the Jewish state. The burst of faith-based diplomacy at the two-day inaugural Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa comes […]
By Heather Tomlinson — Originally published in Christian Today As we mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks that shocked the world and changed the course of history, there are many stories of courage, faith and hope that bring light out of the darkness. One extraordinary survival […]
The violence against Christians across sub-Saharan Africa is driving a serious displacement crisis. By the end of 2023, a staggering 16,2 million Christians across sub-Saharan Africa had been forcibly displaced from their homes and off their land by persecution. This escalation has been triggered by the presence of jihadist groups […]